Windows: The right click menu is one of the fastest ways to accomplish certain tasks outside of our beloved keyboard shortcuts. Easy Context Menu adds even more options to this list. »2/11/14 7:00am 2/11/14 7:00am

Windows: PDF conversion tools are a dime a dozen these days, but Debenu has managed to stand out from the crowd by integrating neatly into the Windows Explorer right-click menu. With a simple right-click, you can open up a ton of PDF conversion possibilities. »9/21/13 2:00pm 9/21/13 2:00pm

There are a hundred ways to copy files from one place to another with Windows Explorer, but copying to another folder from the right-click menu has remained strangely absent. No more! »9/11/13 7:30am 9/11/13 7:30am

Windows' "Send To" menu can be a great time saver when working with files, but it doesn't work quite the same way in Windows 8 as it did in Windows 7. The experts at SuperUser show us how to customize the entries in that list. »2/17/13 1:00pm 2/17/13 1:00pm

Microsoft's free antivirus comes built-in to Windows 8 as Windows Defender, but it doesn't have an option to scan individual files by right-clicking on them. Our friends at the How-To Geek show us how to add it (or any other program) to your context menu. »2/15/13 7:30am 2/15/13 7:30am

Windows: You have a ton of options when it comes to converting images with a right click, but a lot of those image-centric programs can really clutter up your right-click menu. SendTo-Convert puts one simple option in your context menu that converts images in seconds. »1/03/13 7:30am 1/03/13 7:30am

Chrome: Kill Evil is a simple extension that disables annoying scripts all across the web, like sites that won't let you right-click, sites that won't let you copy images, or sites that paste in citation links whenever you copy their text. »4/20/12 7:30am 4/20/12 7:30am

Mac OS X has a ton of great features, but there's always room for improvement. Many developers have felt the same and created a bunch of great apps to enhance OS X's capabilities. Here are our top 10 apps that can power up your Mac to the next level. »2/18/12 8:00am 2/18/12 8:00am

Windows has a ton of great utilities, and while we can't live without some of them, there's a special place in our heart for programs that merely improve Windows, rather than adding new software. Here are our top 10 apps that take Windows' built-in tools and make them better. »2/11/12 8:00am 2/11/12 8:00am

Windows: You're probably familiar with the very handy TinEye, the reverse image search engine that scours the web for similar copies of an picture. TinEye Client makes it even easier to search by letting you right-click any image in Windows and to bring up similar (and hopefully larger) versions in a near instant. »11/15/11 12:30pm 11/15/11 12:30pm

Windows 7 only: Windows Explorer's context menu is handy, but if you'd like easier access to your most-used features, CustomExplorerToolbar can put a number of different buttons right in Explorer's toolbar. »7/20/11 5:30am 7/20/11 5:30am

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Firefox: SelectionSK is a Firefox extension that offers language translations, highlighting, and multi-engine search to highlighted text on any page. Simply highlight the text you want to search for and select the engine you want to use, make it stand out, copy it in plain text, or email the text to a friend. »7/15/11 5:30am 7/15/11 5:30am

Windows only: FastPreview adds a big thumbnail to every image's context menu in Windows Explorer, while also giving you quick access to a full-res preview as well as loads of data about the file. »7/11/11 5:30am 7/11/11 5:30am

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Windows only: If you stumble upon unwanted Windows programs, you usually have to head all the way to the Control Panel to remove it. MenuUninstaller adds an "Uninstall" option to the Windows context menu so you can remove programs right from their shortcuts. »5/30/11 6:00am 5/30/11 6:00am

Firefox: Firefox's context menu can get pretty long, especially if you install a lot of extensions. If your Firefox right-click menu is overrun with clutter, FfChrome will help clean it up. »4/21/11 2:00pm 4/21/11 2:00pm

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